Friday, August 25, 2006

I should be sleeping, but this is the first time I've really had to myself today, so I'm blogging. My eyes are too tired to stitch right now. I tried stitching earlier, but it was on 36 ct. and it just wasn't working! I did get Watermelon finished up yesterday! Only took ten days! Remember last month when I stitched Quaker Garden in ten days??? :) Anyway, here's my scan (crooked of course)...

LHN Watermelon Crescent Colours Threads28 ct. Natural Linen (DMC)

I've decided I wanted to stitch Raspberry Patch next...

The fabric is 32 ct. R&R Sheep's Straw and the threads are Crescent Colours, Weeks, and DMC. Well, I don't think I can stay up too much longer. My eyes are drooping and I'll be amazed if there aren't 25 typos in this post. I'll fix em tomorrow if there are! :) Here's a picture of Matthew I took a couple days ago. I can't believe he's five weeks already!

Good Night Everyone!

edited to fix title typo - I wrote "I'm tried" instead of "I'm Tired!"

Sunday, August 20, 2006

We went to the in-laws again and I found the cross stitch shop this time! I went a little crazy because it's been quite awhile since I've been in an actual shop! They have Stitch-ins on Thursdays, so I'm going to try to go one of these weeks! Here's what I got...

Friday, August 18, 2006

I ordered a few things from Stitching Bits & Bobs last month when we were still in Georgia and it finally arrived. I like SB&B, but they are so slow to ship things out!

Country Cottage Needlworks "Raspberry Patch" and some threads.

The orange and black Sampler Threads are for the CHN Alphabet I started last month and the Pink Crescent Colour thread (Prickly Pear) is for Raspberry Patch. I love how Cecile's Raspberry Patch from Mon blog de brodeuse turned out. I would love to start this one after I finish Watermelon (whenever that will be)! :)

I have been too busy to get any stitching done the last few days. I was running around all day yesterday and I really need to be getting my FL DL today, but I may wait until Monday. Maybe I'll go by and see how long the lines are. I really don't feel like waiting a long time. I also have to get a new SS card. I don't know what happened to mine! I must have lost it somewhere. So frustrating! Well, not much else going on... just adjusting to life in Florida (and living with my mom, which isn't always easy). I'll write more later! Here's a latest pic of Matthew...

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

I think Mary Kathryn from Happy Stitcher is so talented! She also owns Handcrafts Online and sells finishing kits for the Crescent Colours/Little House Needlework collaboration kits. I love the fabrics she has chosen, so I ordered the fabrics for Watermelon and Pear, and ordered Apples along with the finishing kit. It came so fast! I was so excited to receive it all in the mail today!

Fabric and Apples Kit.

Apples Fabric, Threads, Linen, and Ribbon.

Pear fabric with my finished Pear.

The smiles part of this post is Matthew smiled at me the other day! I couldn't believe it! At first I thought I imagined it, but then he did it again yesterday and today! I'll have to get a picture of it soon!

The more part is I started working for my brother this week. He started a construction company building retaining walls around Florida last year and needed help doing his bookkeeping. So I started helping him. I've only worked about 10 hours whenever Bradley's at school and the other two are taking naps. It's been fun! I'm a computer/accounting nerd, so I love this type of work. Much better than retail! It's a little hard to work from home, so I put the program on my laptop, that way I can escape every once in a while! :)

Well, baby is crying, so I'd better go! Write more later... maybe I'll get to stitch on Watermelon, and have a progress pic to share!

I didn't get much done because we had a busy weekend. We went to the In-Laws Saturday. I didn't make it to the cross stitch shop because we couldn't find it. I didn't take the map I printed. I know where it is now though, so I'll be going soon. Sunday, my brother came over and the kids and dh went out on his boat. Here's some pictures of them...

Bradley, Jake and Daddy.

Bradley and Jake - Two Peas in a Pod.

Getting ready to take off!

I thought they looked so cute! My mom (on the deck) bought the matching lifejackets and hats for them. They had fun - saw dolphins and pelicans! :) I think they're going to like living in Florida!

And here's the latest picture of Matthew...

3 1/2 weeks

Sleeping in his carseat! :) He's getting bigger, some of his onesies are already getting too small. :( They grow so fast! Speaking of growing my oldest baby (6 year old) has a loose tooth! That doesn't seem possible! He was so proud of it too! Well, I've got to change a poopy diaper, so I'll write more later!

Bradley, my six year old, made it through his first week of school. So we are gradually settling in. I miss Georgia a lot though. More than I thought I would. But Florida is nice too... hot, but nice. :) I'm going to go to Lasting Impressions tomorrow. It's a very nice cross stitch shop in Dunedin. I can't wait! :) Well, not much else...write more later!

Saturday, August 05, 2006

I've been reading, but not able to type because I've usually got my hands full! Speaking of which... the baby on cue just woke up from his nap! We had a rough day yesterday. He didn't want to nap at all.. just wanted to nurse all day. He finally fell asleep about 10:30 pm. I couldn't figure it out! Here are the latest pictures of Matthew...

Grandma is holding the baby right now - she's giving me a little break. His little infection is all cleared up. Hopefully he is over it! Dh comes back down to Florida tomorrow - he had to finish up his last week of work in Georgia. We'll have to go back up sometime to get our house ready to sell. We need to do some painting, etc. I wish I could snap my fingers and have it done! :) Well, not much else - maybe I can work on Pear a little more today! :)